27 Bills passed during the fourth session of the seventeenth Lok Sabha will be tabled in the Lower House on Tuesday along with various Standing Committee reports that include steps taken by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs during the Covid-19 pandemic.
As per earlier schedule, the session was to go on a recess after meeting on February 15, a Monday. Now, at least Lok Sabha would meet on February 13, a Saturday, before being adjourned to meet again on March 8.
The BJP on Friday lashed out at Opposition parties for boycotting President Ram Nath Kovind's address to the joint sitting of Parliament, calling it "unfortunate" and noting that he as the constitutional head of the country is above political differences.
While addressing the parliament during the budget session, President Ram Nath Kovind condemned the tractor rally violence that took place on January 26 at Delhi's Red Fort.
President Ram Nath Kovind has strongly condemned violence on Republic Day and said that unfurling of a religious flag at Red Fort was unfortunate.
A total of 16 Opposition parties have decided to boycott the president's address to the joint sitting of both the Houses of Parliament in solidarity with the farmers protesting the new farm laws, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Thursday.
Taking over the reins of the parliament canteen and ending the 52-year legacy of Northern Railways, the ITDC will serve food cooked by expert chefs of the five-star Ashok Hotel to the MPs and others from the upcoming Budget Session.
Ahead of the Union Budget presentation 2021-2022 on February 1, the Economic Survey 2020-21 will be presented in Parliament on January 29.
In a new move, food subsidy at Parliament canteen has been completely removed, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla announced on Tuesday.
The new Parliament building will have a triangular shape and is expected to be completed by the 75th anniversary of India's independence in 2022. The government plans to hold the monsoon session of Parliament in 2022 in the new building.
The Budget session of Parliament will commence from January 29, with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman set to present the Union Budget on February 1. The session will be held in two parts -- from January 29 to February 15 and March 8 to April 8.
There will be no Winter Session of Parliament this year due to the pandemic. The Budget Session will, however, take place in January 2021.
Seeking to liken the proposed construction of the new edifice to the centuries old Great Wall of China, he claimed that 'thousands of people perished' during its construction, but the dragon nation rulers said the wall was to 'guard' the people.
President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday said the nation gratefully remembers brave martyrs who laid down their lives defending Parliament on this day in 2001.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday performed the Bhoomi Poojan and foundation stone laying ceremony of the new Parliament House in New Delhi. The new Parliament building will be ready by October 2022 at a cost of about Rs 971 crore.
India's iconic circular Parliament building may be readying to abdicate its position of preeminence to a brand new complex, but its historical relevance remains immortal and it was from here that the country embarked on its "tryst with destiny".
The event began at 12:55 pm and the foundation stone was laid at 1 pm. The officials said that a 'sarva dharma prarthana' (inter-faith prayer) will be held at 1.30 pm. The prime minister will deliver his address on the occasion at 2.15 pm.
Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla on Saturday in a statement announced the date of the foundation stone ceremony of the new Parliament building on December 10.
Dr Gaurav Sharma, one of the youngest and newly-elected MPs in New Zealand, on Wednesday took oath in Sanskrit in the country's Parliament.
The Monsoon session began from September 14 and was cut short by eight days and concluded on September 24. Despite elaborate arrangements, many MPs and Parliament staff members tested positive for COVID-19.
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